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ALL of ATP is “maxinated”! The vaccination train keeps a’chuggin’! Toot toot! ????????
Thank you, ATP Store purchasers!
Follow-up:
- Third-party menu bar items (via Daniel Jalkut)
  - NSStatusItemBehaviorRemovalAllowed in NSStatusItem.h
- Spatial Audio from Gui Rambo
  - CMHeadphoneMotionManager
- 24” iMac Reviews, including Jason Snell’s
  - Matching cords, accessories, desktop backgrounds, stickers, highlight colors, “hello” intro movie
  - Highlight colors via Sebastiaan de With
- Gasoline stabilizers
Apple Music adds Spatial Audio & Lossless at No Cost
- Listening to Spatial Audio with AirPods Pro and AirPods Max
- Super Audio CD
- LaserDisc
  - Laserdisc: An Introduction
  - Laserdisc’s Failure: What Went Wrong
  - DVD: The Death Knell of Laserdisc
  - MUSE Hi-Vision Laserdisc: The Blu-ray of 1994
  - Laserdisc: Features, Follies & Evolution
- XM Radio
- Xiph.org: wave/”stair-step” sample-rate explainer
- DAC
- Loudness war
- Tidal
- Pono
- A2DP
- aptX
- AAC
- AirPods Max and lossless over the cable (via Micah Singleton)
- Mastered for iTunes
- LivePhish
- FLAC
MacBook Pro Ransomware Leak
- Casey’s battery/hub
MacBook Air Rumors
- John Prosser’s Video
- Dr. Drang on Battery Life
Gurman’s Report
- GeForce RTX 3090
- macOS 11.4 beta supports new AMD graphics cards
  - AMD 6900 XT
- The Connection Machine
Post-show: Casey & John’s Adventures with Eero
- Eero lights explanation
- Eero’s comparison page
  - Hint: use code ATP — it still works!